Human action in Thomas Aquinas, John Duns Scotus, & William of Ockham / Thomas M. Osborne Jr.
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TextPublisher: Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, [2014]Description: 1 online resource (xxv, 250 pages)Content type: - text
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- 9780813221793
- 081322179X
- Human action in Thomas Aquinas, John Duns Scotus, and William of Ockham
- Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274
- Duns Scotus, John, approximately 1266-1308
- William, of Ockham, approximately 1285-approximately 1349
- Duns Scotus, John, approximately 1266-1308
- Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274
- William, of Ockham, approximately 1285-approximately 1349
- Act (Philosophy)
- Philosophy, Medieval
- Duns Scotus, John
- PHILOSOPHY -- Religious
- PHILOSOPHY -- Movements -- Humanism
- Act (Philosophy)
- Philosophy, Medieval
- 128/.40922 23
- B738.A37 O83 2014eb
Contents:
Summary: "This book sets out a thematic presentation of human action, especially as it relates to morality, in the three most significant figures in medieval Scholastic thought ... Each chapter compares the three main figures on the same set of issues."--Jacket flap.
Causes of the act -- Practical reason -- The stages of the act -- Evaluation and specification of the act -- Indifferent, good, and meritorious acts.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This book sets out a thematic presentation of human action, especially as it relates to morality, in the three most significant figures in medieval Scholastic thought ... Each chapter compares the three main figures on the same set of issues."--Jacket flap.
Causes of the act -- Practical reason -- The stages of the act -- Evaluation and specification of the act -- Indifferent, good, and meritorious acts.
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